News

Big announcement 12.1.2016

Due to legal reasons, we have now officially changed our name to HARBOTTLE BREWING COMPANY. It's going to be hard to let go of our Flux roots, but we think you'll love the new direction as much as we do.

6.28.2016​ In a seeming endless sea of red tape, we are nearing the homestretch. Along the way we've learned a great deal. Some things altered for legal reasons, but rest assured, we will never compromise when it come to delivering rediculous amounts of pure awesomeness to our community.

10.10.2016​ Loading our new 7 bbl brew-plant!

It may not look like much now...

remember when we were flux?

here is some throwback news

Join Flux Brewing Company and Ermanos for a very special release of our collaboration brew. Udder Chaos: Arizona Burgundy Stout (ABS)9.8 % ABV 70 IBUBrewed by Eric Erman of Ermanos at Nimbus with a little inspiration from us.

Brewing delicious beer for your face-hole

The past several months we've been hard at work bringing Flux closer to reality. This has not left us much time for updating our website and keeping up with social media. We have gotten so many questions regarding our grand opening. "Where are you going to open?" "When are you going to open?" "What is taking so long?"...Opening a business is tough work full of many hurdles to overcome. We are working closely with many of our friends in the craft beer community to get our beers into your mouths as soon as possible. We hope to open our doors late 2016 in the Downtown Corridor near Downtown Tucson and the University of Arizona. In the meantime, we are planning a second sneak preview of one of our beers in the near future. So stay tuned Tucson!

11.29.2014Come one, come all! Join us and be part of the very first tapping of one of Flux's beers. East Side Of The River oatmeal pale ale will be tapped December 11 at Tap & Bottle in Tucson, Arizona...and yes, there will be free shirt giveaways!

11.12.2014We were invited by the amazing team and good friends over at Ten 55 Brewing in Tucson to brew one of our very own beers in their brewery! Such an honor to brew along side JP Vyborny and Chris Squires.

Licence Gobbledygook

Before we can even dream of making beer, we gotta get through this first.

10-15-2014Where the hell did we go? Well honestly, quite far in the past few months! Some MAJOR things are going to be changing in the scene soon and it will be a total blast to see what happens next. So lately people have been asking me, "when do we finally get to to taste this 'beer' of yours?". The answer is finally simple. SOON!!! How soon? Maybe by the middle of December? At Tap and Bottle? If you are not excited for this, you should be. In December Mike and myself are planning a sneak peak party in collaboration with Ten Fifty-Five Brewing Co.!!! JP was amazing and generous enough to brew a sneak peak batch of our oat pale ale, known as East Side of the River. We will keep you posted soon!

8-20-2014A very welcome but unexpected mention in the Arizona Daily Star. Check it out online here in Caliente and in print in today's paper.

8-20-2014Public notice of our Articles of Organization got published today in our favorite newspaper. The Asian American Times . 呼乾啦 (Hō ta lah!)

7-26-2014It's Official. Flux's application for LLC was approved. We are now officially Flux Brewing Company LLC!

7-01-2014We filed our LLC paperwork with the State! The ball is rolling now baby.

The beginnings of our Oude Dude Flanders Red

MURPHY'S LAWSometimes things don't always turn out the way you plan. Our first mini barrel has some issues with her first run. Leaky staves made for a problematic and over oxygenated sour saison. We had to lay this beer to rest. Some good did come out of this sad moment. This barrel is now primed with some amazing little critters.We'll be throwing in a small batch of our Flanders Red in a few weeks. With all problems worked out, this should be an amazing beer.

Tanks, tanks & more tanks

6-28-2014Quotes for our brew-plant are beginning to pour in. This is the single biggest investment we need to make before we open our doors. With so many great manufacturers in the U.S., it's hard to decide on where we will purchase our stainless steel behemoth.

Barrels & more

6-12-2014It's Hoarding Time: There's still a while before we get our facility going, however that does not mean we can't start collecting our barrel's in the meantime. At Flux, we intend to launch a program dedicated to the art, tradition, education, and safe-keeping in the time-less tradition of barrel aging. Whether it be bourbon, wine, aperitif, or virgin oak, we intend to deliver some seasonal and rare treats. Some beers will spend a short time with our barrel's, being enhanced by the wood only to nuance the flavor. Other beers will spend their entire life's maturing and aging developing complexity and depth. Whether its a sour or a straight forward character ( such as wine or bourbon) we intend on delivering the finest of barrel aged beers.The Family: Our little friend posted in the picture to the left was our first barrel. Weighing in at a massive 5 gallons, this little guy is the perfect vessel for a rich Flanders red. Being the fact that it is 5 gallons will give us an opportunity to uniquely blend beers, and creating small batches of sour-town fun. The real treat is where this barrel came from. Our American white oak came from Iron John's home. It was an honor to receive a barrel from such an experienced brewer, and will be used as long as its stave's allow. Our newest addition is a beautiful thing, and something we are hoping will work. Our Burgundy barrel is giving us a little bit of a fight back! Watch it here.

in the beginning...

6-5-2014It's all taking shape. Baby steps at first, but we finally have a web presence. Pictures, blogs and news feeds to keep y'all up to date on what's going on with the brewery.